Chapter 225 Heading to the "Sanctuary"

"You can't leave. If you leave, won't we become fat meat that those monsters can eat at any time?"

At the entrance of a village, villagers stopped a group of Principality soldiers.

Many people in these villages close to the capital of the principality have some kind of kinship with the nobles in the capital, and the soldiers of the principality generally do not dare to do anything to them.

But the monsters are different. They don’t care about the relationship between these villages and the human nobles. Even if the king is standing in front of them, those monsters will not hold back. After all, there is no difference between the king’s meat and other human meat. Maybe the fat content is slightly higher.

Compared to the soldiers in front of them, the villagers were more afraid of monsters.

The soldiers who were originally stationed in the village were now leaving. Of course, this was unacceptable to the villagers.

They knew the level of their village militia. They were OK in dealing with sporadic wild beasts, and when facing those monsters, they were no different from ordinary villagers. Perhaps the only difference was that they were stronger due to simple training, and they could escape faster than other villagers.

“We were just following orders.”

The soldiers tried to push away the villagers who were blocking the way, but the villagers in front of them relied on their connections with the nobles in the capital and were unwilling to make way for the soldiers.

"What? What do you want to do? The cousin of Earl Brighton's sister-in-law is from our village. If you dare to do anything, be careful or you will..."

The villager yelled, then got punched hard in the stomach and fell to the ground, curled up.

"I repeat, we have received new orders to leave this place. Anyone who dares to stop us will be treated as a treasonous person."

If it were in the past, these soldiers would not dare to do anything to the villagers, but this time, the orders they received came directly from the headquarters in the capital, and were stamped with the seal of Grand Duke Morarich. They were said to be the villagers. Even if those nobles really stood in front of them, with Morarich's endorsement, they dared to chop them down with a sword.

"Is there anyone who is still preventing us from carrying out our orders?"

The villagers retreated one after another, but still did not make way for the soldiers to pass through. They still held on to a last bit of hope.

Then the soldiers in front of them drew their weapons and pointed them at the villagers.

"Prepare!"

The drums of preparation for the charge sounded among the soldiers, waiting only for the commander to give the order, and the drums would convey the order to all the soldiers of the Principality.

Finally, the villagers realized that the soldiers in front of them were serious and would really take action. Then, in less than a minute, the road to the village entrance was clear again.

Such scenes were happening simultaneously in several villages around the capital, and they all received new orders.

"These villages can't survive more than a few nights on their own."

In the command center of the principality's capital, signs representing the destruction of villages were ready and could be placed on the villages where the soldiers were evacuating at any time.

“When resources are limited, if you want to get something, you have to give up something else.”

Morarichi did not look at the map. The situation was now clear, and short-term changes on the map would not have any real impact on the overall situation.

"Now, we can only hope that the news from the church is correct."

The adjutant looked around and saw that there were a few more people in this headquarters than before. "The information provided by the church is absolutely correct."

Two assistant priests of the Sun God Cult stood at the edge of the command center. They did not participate in the work of the staff officers on the side. In order to avoid suspicion, they even controlled their gaze and did not linger on the map on the wall.

"The route of those heretics was obtained by dozens of our church members at the cost of their lives. They were obviously heading for their hiding place."

The deacon performed a solar salute on his chest to pay tribute to the deceased believers.

"Then, you let us do all the dirty work of killing people. This way, you can circumvent your holy code that prohibits killing people of the same religion?"

Faced with Moralich's question, the deacon shook his head.

"No, that's not possible. According to the Holy Scriptures, using others to harm believers is the same crime as the murderer. We asked the Principality to send out troops because the Church really can't spare more manpower right now."

Moralichi glanced at the map, which had several red arrows pointing to a river valley.

It seemed to be a sanctuary of heretics, and they were evacuating their believers there. After all, those monsters would not show mercy to the heretics. They were also facing the threat of a group of monsters. Then, they seemed to choose to gather the believers scattered everywhere, so that they could save a lot of manpower.

And if this valley is managed properly, it can also support a lot of people.

But this also makes it convenient for Morari.

Now, troops from the principality were rushing towards the valley from all directions. Their commanders had all received the same order, which was to eliminate all the people in the valley without leaving a single one behind.

"This is the only way to truly solve the problem. For this, we can bear these sins."

This method can indeed weaken the rising sun to the greatest extent.

These so-called gods possess enormous power, but are subject to huge restrictions. Their power comes from faith, and physically eliminating their believers and reducing the source of their faith can undoubtedly weaken these so-called gods at the root.

However, such an action is undoubtedly equivalent to declaring war on the gods.

No matter which god it is, they will not tolerate such an organized attempt to cut off the source of their faith. They will take any means to crack down on these organizations and individuals who try to shake their foundations.

If it had been any other time before, Morari would not have allowed his troops to carry out such a mission.

But now he had no choice. If he wanted to avoid a full-scale war, humans had to extinguish this newly rising sun. At the very least, he needed to show those alien races that he could win over that he was trying.

A small bird landed on the window of the headquarters and tapped on it.

A staff officer who was currently unemployed walked over and opened the window. Before the staff officer could react, the bird flapped its wings, flew to the command post, and then placed the letter it was holding in its beak into Moralich's hands.

"News from the elves?"

The acolyte at the side sensed a hint of divine power from the bird. The believers of the God of Nature were indeed good at controlling these wild beasts and birds.

(End of this chapter)